Month: January 2012

We all have a few jerks in our lives that we’d like to stop from doing what they do best. But let’s get back to photography. JerkStoppers may not help in that aspect of your life, but they’ll definitely keep your cables connected to your camera and computer while you’re shooting – regardless of any…

Damon Webster of PhotoInduced called the Think Tank Pixel Sunscreen and our Tether Table Aero “the perfect marriage of two products.” We couldn’t agree more! Think Tank’s Pixel Sunscreen is an awesome tool (like all their products!), designed to meet the needs of any on-location photographer. When viewing your laptop screen in bright light, having…

New product alert – a sneak peek just for our Tether Tools Top 20: Start the New Year off Right contest participants! You’re the first to hear about our new TetherPro Cables, the first-ever high-visibility line of tethering cables. The TetherPro orange cables are designed to ensure everyone on set sees the connection and doesn’t…

Back it up! Your photos are too important to lose, so you should always back up your images. And when you’re on location, you want to be sure you have enough hard drive space to capture all of the images. Where do you put the external drive? Under the table, of course, in our handy…

We told you this week in the Tether Tools Top 20: Start the New Year off Right contest was all about securing your gear! The Secure Strap for the Aero System is actually the second product that we developed as an ideal accessory for the Tether Table. It’s hard to imagine that when we started…

Week number 2 of the Tether Tools Top 20: Start the New Year off Right contest is off and running! We’re big believers in protecting your gear, which is why the next three items we’re giving away are all about security! First up, you’ll want to protect your Tether Table with a non-slip Pro Pad…

Typically, the Manfrotto 190XB 3 Section Black Tripod and Ball Head 496RC2 are sold separately, but for our Ultimate Tethered Photography Workstation, you’re going to need both. So, we’ve packaged them together to simplify your tethered workflow. This is a great combination of durability, stability and value. This tripod and ball head will work with…

Growing pains – you can’t learn without them! Here is what we learned today in regards to our Tether Tools Top 20: Start the New Year off Right Contest: 1. From now on, when you “share” the product photo, you need to make sure the post is public or we might not be able to…

Shooting tethered is the process of connecting your camera to your computer so that you can see the images in a larger format on your computer screen. If you’re just getting started in tethered photography, you can use just about any camera and computer to shoot tethered. But in order to effectively set up a…

It’s a New Year. What kind of commitments have you made to improve your photography? Maybe you’ve vowed never to precariously balance your expensive Macbook Pro on a card table ever again. Perhaps you made a promise to yourself that you won’t string your tethering cables through your bra strap anymore. Or, maybe you’ve decided…

Tether Tools Top 20: Start the New Year off Right Campaign Timeline & Prize Guidelines: To participate in the contest, you must be a fan of Tether Tools on Facebook.com/TetherTools and enter via the sweepstakes form A tethered workstation package of various Tether Tools gear and other gear will be awarded to one (1) chosen…

Matt Dutile is a New York City based lifestyle and travel photographer. He grew up in a small New Hampshire farm town before venturing west seeking buried treasure, as most explorers do. After a recent move to the Big Apple, he came to the conclusion that he prefers crazy cab rides and New York City…

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